Railway hopper car



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Patented June 14, 1932 V UNITE STATES PATENT ()FFICE WILLIAM E. WINE, F TOLEDO, OHIO RAILWAY HOPPER CAB Application filed September 2, 1930. Serial No. 479,365.

My invention relates to railway hopper cars Figure 4: is a plan view of the splice sheet,

and has for its principal object the provision the view being taken at right angles to the of improved means for connecting the hood major portion of the sheet. of the center sill or" this type of car with the Figure is a side view of the splice sheet as a splice sheet employed for joining slope sheets viewed in Figure 4:. 5 disposed on opposite sides of the center sill. Figure 6 is an-end view of the splice sheet,

A primary feature of the invention conthe view showing the sheet in the position in sists in providing, in combination with a which it occupies when applied to ahopper hopper car having a center sill hood provided car.

i with downwardly diverging portions, a splice The hopper car chosen for purposes of illus- 55 sheet for connecting slope sheets of the car tra-ting the invention is, in general, of usual disposed on opposite sides of the center sill, construction comprising a bolster 1 and a the splice sheet being provided with offset center sill 2. As is common practice the cenportions arranged in overlapping relation to ter sill is formed by two beams 3 and a top 1.2 the diverging portions of the center sill hood. cover plate 4. Embracing the upper portion to Another feature of the invention consists of the center sill is a hood sheet 5 having in providing, in combination with a hopper downwardly diverging portions 6 which tercar having a center sill hood provided with minate in substantially vertical flanges 7 and downwardly diverging portions, a splice sheet are secured by rivets 8 to the sides of the cenfor connecting inclined floor sheets of the car ter sill. The. hood sheet, as is well known, 65 which are disposed on opposite sides of the serves to prevent granular lading such as coal center sill, the splice sheet being provided and the like from lodging on the top of the with upwardly converging porti ns overlapcenter sill deflecting such lading onto oppopingly secured to the diverging portions of site sides of the latter.

2 the center sill hood. The floor of the car adjacent its ends in- 7 A further feature Of the invention consists clings downwardly and inwardly and may be in providing a splice sheet for the slope sheets f r d i art by a lope sheet 9 which exof a railway hopper car having a plate p0rtends from an end of the car to the bolster, tion adapted to be secured to the slope sheets b i overlappingly secured t th l tt b and having angularly disposed upwardly coni t 1() E t di d dl f th ve ging p r i n ad p to be arranged in bolster on opposite sides of the center sill are overlapping relation to the longitudinal hood th i li d fl or Slope h t 11, At th i eet Of e Cali upper portions these sheets are interposed be- Other and more specific features of the intween th Slope h t 9 d th t f th 1 .1.

- vention residing in advantageous forms, co mstep7 b i Secured t h b th i t so binations and relation of parts will hereln- These sheets extend downwardly below the after pp d be Polnted Q 111 the clalmstop of the center sill and constitute the chute In h ng 11111strat1ng a Preferred sheets of the hoppers 12 which, in addition to m m -n 0f the l v l the chute sheets, are formed by inner and out- Figure 1 is a-plan view of a POItiOD 0f it or side sheets 13 and 14, respectively. These rai w y pp CHI. side sheets are formed with inturned flanges Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken 15 which underlap a d r ri idl r d b on line 2-2, Flgure 1. rivets 16 to the slope sheets 12.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view Above the center sill the slope sheets 11 are taken on line 3-3, Figure 2. connected by a splice sheet 17 having a main tion with a center extending downwardly plate portion 18 arranged in overlapping relation to adjacent portions of the slope-sheets and rigidly secured thereto by rivets 19. The upper portion of the splice plate is formed with a tongue or extension 20 offset downwardly from the plane of the plate portion 18 so as to be interposed between the slope sheet 9 of the top of the bolster for connection thereto by rivets 21. Thus it will be seen that although the plate portion 18 of the splice plate overlies adjacent portions of the slope sheets 11 the tongue or extension 20 of the splice sheet underlies the slope sheet 9. The lower portion of the splice sheet is formed with upwardly converging portions 22 which intersect in a substantially horizontal line below the upper edge of the splice sheet. These diverging portions 22 are disposed in planes parallel with thelongitudinal axisof the car and are rigidly secured by rivets 23 in overlapping relation to the diverging portions 6 of the center sill hood. Thelower edges of the diverging portions 22 are connected to adjacent parts of the plate portion 18 of the splice plate by substantially-vertical portions 24 adapted to overlap the adjacent flanges 7 of the hood sheet. By forming the splice plate with anofisethaving angularly disposed portions adapted to be arranged in overlapping relation tothe hood sheetit will be perceived that the latter maybe easily and conveniently secured tothe splice sheet without the necessity of offsetting and flanging the hood sheet as has heretofore been customary. Furthermore it will be observed that the hood sheet may extend all the way under theotfset portion of the splice sheet and'even project therebeyond. This obviates the necessity of accurately fitting the hood sheet to the splice sheet and also the necessity of employing a hood sheet of a definiteandfixed length. Furthermore those skilled in the art will appreciate that a relatively small sheet suchas the splice sheet may be-more easily formed into a desired configuration or shape than a relatively large pressing or sheetsuch as a center sill hood sheet.

I claim:

1. In a railway hopper car,*the'combin-asill having a hood provided with downwardly diverging portions, of abody bolster, slope sheets extending downwardly from the body bolster on opposite sides of the center sill, a splice sheet from the bolsterand connecting the slope sheets above the center sill, the lower portion of said splice sheet having offset portions arranged in overlapping relation to the downwardly diverging portions of the center sillhood.

2. In a railway hopper car, the combination with a. center sill having a hood provided with downwardly diverging portions, of a body bolster, inclined floor sheets extending downwardly from thebody bolster on opposite sides of the center sill, a splice member having a downwardly inclined plate portion rigidly secured to portions of the floor sheets above the center sill, the lower portion of said member being provided with upwardly converging portions overlappingly secured to the diverging portions of the center sill hood.

3. In a railway hopper car, the combination with a center sill, of a hood sheet hav- 1g downwardly diverging portions respco tively terminating in substantially vertical flanges rigidly secured to the sidesof the center sill, of inclined floor sheets extending downwardly from above the center sill on opposite sides of-the latter, an inclined splice sheet rigidly connecting said floor sheets, the lower portion of the splice sheet being provided with upwardly extending substantially vertical portions arranged in overlapping relationto the fianges of the hoodsheet and with upwardly converging portionsarranged in overlappingrelation to the diverging portions of the hood sheet.

I. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill having a hood sheet provided with downwardly diverging portions, of a body bolster, slope sheets extending downwardly from the bod Y bolster on opposite sides of the center sill, and a splice sheet extending downwardly from the bolster connecting portions of the slope sheets above the center sill, the lower portion of the splice sheet terminating in aportion forming with the topof the center sill a pocket for receiving the adjacent end of the hood sheet whereby the latter may extend beyond the splice sheet toward theneighboring end of the car.

5. In a railway hopper ear, the combination with a center sill having a hood provided with downwardly diverging portions, of a body bolster, slope sheets extending downwardly from the body bolster on opposite sides ofthe center sill,'and a s)lice sheet extending downwardly from the ody bolster toward the center sill and being secured to the slope sheets on opposite sides of a vertical planepassing throughthe line of intersection of the plane of the slope sheets and a horizontal plane passing through thetop of the center sill, said splice sheethaving upwardly converging portions secured in overlapping relation to the diverging portions of the center sill hood.

In a railwayhopper car, the combination with a center sillhaving a hood, of a bolster, a slope sheet extending downwardly from the end of the car'to ad acent the bolster, additional slope sheets extending downwardly from the bolster on opposite sides of the center sill, the second-named slope sheets being interposed between the first-named slope sheet and the top of the bolster and being rigidly secured to the latter, a splice sheet extending downwardly from the bol- WILLIAM E. WINE. 

